Hampus > Risto.

I'd be pretty disappointed in the Ducks if they did this.

This doesn’t make sense for either team. Isles do not need a top pairing D, they should try to trade for an undervalued D who can play the 2nd pair with Dobson

Risto was a massive overpay.

He would instantly be one of the best LD2's in the league though. I was trying to improve over Leddy.



Correct but Lindholm is actually good so it feels better on paper lol

The Ristolainen trade shouldn't be used as a benchmark for anything other than the threshold for whether a GM has lost it. How can anyone in his right mind think Rasmus Ristolainen is worth more than Sam Reinhart?

Hampus is worth the Islanders' 2022 first plus either Oliver Wahlstrom or Noah Dobson, and the Isles aren't doing that.

It was, but

A. It still set the market, at least somewhat and

B. I'm fairly confident in the fact that the Flyers weren't the only team willing to offer, at the very least, more than we originally thought Risto would be worth

As a pending UFA? That's an absurd price. Nobody in the right minds would pay that. ANA would lose him for nothing if that was the ask. I'd check out @ForsbergForVezina 's comment above mine because I was basically going to reply with exactly that

or they can do a sign and trade with another team and get more

It’s not hard to acquire a D better than Leddy. Only way I’m giving up a 2022 1st is for a young top 4 D with term.

What? Ristolainen was a pending UFA, and got a first, a warm body and more. Lindholm is better than Ristolainen, by far, which is why I made the comment I made.

Sure, he's better, but not at the expense of a should-be untouchable prospect

"Hampus is worth the Islanders' 2022 first plus either Oliver Wahlstrom or Noah Dobson, and the Isles aren't doing that."

Was there something ambiguous about that?

No, but you're saying that would be the cost. I strongly disagree with that assessment lol